TOOLS OF THE WRITER'S TRADE
FLAMING FOODS
ANIMALS IN ITALIAN
THE "N" CROWD
QUARTERBACK U.
200
'Nabokov's novels all began on 3x5 these, which he kept under his pillow in case of inspiration'
an index card
200
'"Joy of Cooking" instructions for making this cherry dessert: "Standing back, ignite with a long lighted match'
cherries jubilee
200
'Avoid the sting as you tell us that un'ape is this insect'
the bee
200
'He was a great rugby & lacrosse player but he's better known as "The Father of Basketball"'
Naismith
200
'Peyton Manning'
University of Tennessee
400
'In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction'
a typewriter
400
'Henri Charpentier is said to have created this dessert crepes dish by accident; the dish was a flaming success'
Crêpe Suzette
400
'If you're called un asino, you're either a fool, or this animal'
a donkey
400
'Once in the news himself, today this marine colonel hosts "War Stories" on the Fox News Channel'
(Ollie) North
400
'Vince Young'
University of Texas
600
'At London's Charles Dickens museum, visitors can handle Dickens' own pen of this type'
a quill pen
600
'You can make a flaming version of this tex-mex dish whose name means "little sashes"'
fajitas
600
'That's the scariest ragno, one of these, I've ever seen! Don't tell Signorina Muffet'
a spider
600
'After a breakdown around 1919, this Russian-born ballet dancer spent the rest of his life in & out of asylums'
Nijinsky
600
'Steve Young'
BYU (Brigham Young)
800
'Raymond Chandler composed screenplays by talking into this machine, a brand name copyrighted in 1907'
a dictaphone
800
'This dessert, cake & ice cream browned in the oven, can be flambeed for a dramatic presentation'
Baked Alaska
800
'Un cane is this; ready for walkies?'
a dog
800
'He not only won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, he also served in the Chilean senate'
(Pablo) Neruda
800
'Drew Brees'
Purdue
1000
'Steinbeck was obsessed with these; the Mongol 2 3/8 model came closest to the perfect point'
a pencil
1000
'Brennan's in New Orleans says that this flaming fruity dessert is the most requested item on its menu'
Bananas Foster
1000
'It really gets me that una capra is one of these farm animals'
a goat
1000
'Egypt's president from 1956 to 1970, he dreamed of leading the whole Arab world'
Nasser
1000
'Jim Kelly & Gino Torretta'
University of Miami
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